LAKEVILLE, Conn. – Pfaff Motorsports’ Matt Campbell and Mathieu Jaminet were able to outlast the rest of the pack to win the FCP Euro Northeast Grand Prix Saturday (July 16) at Lime Rock Park. It is the team’s fourth win of the season and second in a row.
Pfaff Motorsports’ Matt Campbell led the field to green Saturday and managed the gap between himself and Vasser Sullivan’s Jack Hawksworth.
Campbell led without challenge up until the first pit stop. The Vasser Sullivan crew was able to get Hawksworth out in the overall lead.
Behind the two leaders, there was plenty of trouble to go around. BMW M Team RLL’s Connor de Phillippi ran up on the WeatherTech Racing Mercedes of Cooper MacNeil that was about to pit in the Diving Turn. When MacNeil let off the accelerator in order to prepare to pit, de Phillippi all but ran in the back of MacNeil and managed to spin himself out. De Phillippi was able to continue without issue.
Later on, the team was forced to pit the No. 25 with engine woes just before the halfway point. They were unable to continue.
Corvette Racing struggled at times during the weekend for pace, but was running relatively well on Saturday. That is, until Antonio Garcia had contact with Jules Gounon in the WeatherTech Mercedes. This contact bent the right rear suspension on the Corvette C8.R. Garcia brought the car in for repairs that ultimately cost the team six laps.
Late in the second stint of the race, Campbell was able to run down Hawksworth for the lead. A brief battle erupted with Campbell ultimately taking the upper hand.
Shortly afterwards, pit stops split the group up. A slower stop cost Vasser Sullivan’s No. 14 a bunch of time as the change to Ben Barnicoat was a little slow. That allowed The Heart of Racing’s Alex Riberas to jump over Barnicoat into second.
Riberas had pitted earlier than Barnicoat or Jaminet, so he had a few laps on his tires by the time Barnicoat came out of the pits. Ultimately, Jaminet was able to pull away while Barnicoat and Riberas were left to fight for second.
When Jaminet exited the pits, he had a lead of around five seconds over Riberas. He was able to double that with 30 minutes to go.
That lead was erased when Ryan Eversley slid off-course and hit the tires in the Diving Turn with 21 minutes to go. That set up a nine-minute sprint to finish. On that final run, Jaminet was able to get a great restart and held on to take the win.
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